Fat talk and fit goals in a holiday era
A column mixes comical fat obsession with health tips, noting 30 to 33 percent obesity rates and cultural views on corpulence. It cites legal and social friction over seating, a Nashville theater case, and a Florida dance for full-figured people, plus personal reminiscences from Iowa sports and journalism circles.
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The Gazette advocates recycling soy ink newspapers
The Gazette promotes future agriculture by using soybean ink and recycled news print. It urges readers to drop newspapers at City Carton 4250 Sixth St SW or use a nearby recycling location.
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Fear RAPIDS GAZETTE INC
O Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 appears in this clipped notice style entry. The snippet references the Rapids Gazette as the mailing address for a Cedar Rapids newspaper operation with a postal box in Iowa.
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Cedar Rapids
Jackson Links Conservatism With Racism In Holiday Message
Jesse Jackson on Channel 4 attacked the Conservative government and party as mirroring racism and fascism. He argued that poverty and deteriorating living conditions in Britain and America reflect a failure of conservative leadership, drawing parallels to historic regimes and urging a rebuke of the status quo.
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Jesse Jackson
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English sheepdog nicknamed Cokey in drug awareness story
A reading comprehension exercise based on an Associated Press story introduces an Old English sheepdog called Cokey. The column, written by Susan Fineman in New Haven schools, is sponsored by AP and the Newspaper Association of America Foundation and used as Dec. 13 material for children.
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Newspaper Association of America Foundation
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Cokey
Cocaine filled dog to help drug awareness program
The 4 year old Old English sheepdog Cokey arrived at Kennedy Airport from Bogota on December 1. X rays showed 10 cocaine filled bags in her belly and the dog is recovering at the U S Customs Canine Enforcement Training Center Front Royal Virginia.
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Cokey
Kennedy Airport
New York
United States
Fort Royal
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U.S. Customs Canine Enforcement Training Center
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Fingerprint Ridge Study Links Left Hand Patterns to Homosexuality
Canadian researchers at the University of Western Ontario compared fingerprints from 66 gay men and 182 heterosexual men, noting 30 percent of gay participants had more ridges on the left hand than the right versus 14 percent of straight men. They caution fingerprints are not a definitive marker, but suggest prenatal events may influence sexual orientation.
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Washington
University of Western Ontario
Doreen Kimura
Behavioral Neuroscience
Kimura
Jeffrey Hall
Roger Gorski
UCLA
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